This week in tech, Bill Gates is demoted to the position of world's second richest person, whilst an average woman from New Zealand becomes a social networking star without doing anything special to achieve that goal. FULL STORY >

Sony reveals details of its new PlayStation Move, a motionbased controller similar to the Wii Remote, to allow the PlayStation 3 to compete head on with the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360s Project Natal later in the year. FULL STORY >

Bounty Arms is an old-school 3D side-scrolling action game with a modern twist, currently under development by SA animation studio Open-Reset. We talk to Benjamin Duk, co-CEO, about the challenges developers face. FULL STORY >

The internet has been nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize and will be up against 236 other nominees. This year's recipient will be announced in October. FULL STORY >

The Tricklesaver from Radiant Lighting and Electrical will cut back on your home appliances power usage, which is usefull especially in light of Eskom's tariff hikes. FULL STORY >

Palm now also offers a developer kit to boost the graphics capabilities of apps made for its webOS mobile operating system. FULL STORY >

HP expands its notebook range with four new models tailored for SME business users and two new tablets, also with business users in mind. FULL STORY >

The Sony bloggie is a compact camcorder able to take five megapixel photos and record videos in full HD, which you can then easily load onto your Picasa web album or YouTube. FULL STORY >

Google buys DocVerse, an online collaboration plugin tool for Microsoft Office, possibly to lure some of Microsofts Office users into using their cloud based Docs service. FULL STORY >

The latest version of the Android native development kit, a companion toolkit for the Android software development kit, is now available to Android app developers. FULL STORY >

All the details surrounding the launch of Apples iPad in the US have been revealed, after the first iPad ad premiered during the broadcast of the Academy Awards show yesterday. FULL STORY >

Vodacom now offers the lowest prepaid all day rates available in South Africa, allowing for a single all day rate of less than R1.70 per minute. FULL STORY >

Mango wants to be the first airline in South Africa to offer internet connectivity on all its airplanes later during the year. FULL STORY >

In the gaming news this week is the PS2's moment in the sun, as it reminisces about the Xbox and Dreamcast as well as other fallen competitors in the console war of its golden era. Also featuring is Lara Croft getting her own road in the UK, whilst getting... FULL STORY >

The Cupertino firm producing Amazing Precious Products Loaded with Entertainment or Apple for short has been crowned by Fortune Magazine as the worlds most admired company. Other tech companies in the news are Sony who want to take on... FULL STORY >